Part I: "Innocent, joyous, poetic childhood" --
Princes, generals, and scoundrels --
Tubbed and swaddled --
The green sick --
"The desert of my boyhood" --
Part II: "In the service of ambition, vanity, and, above all, of lust" --
University years --
Man about town --
A cadett in the Caucasus --
My hero is truth --
Return of the hero --
The grand tour --
Literary crisis --
Europe once more --
Yasno-Polyana School --
A challenge to a duel --
Marriage --
Part III: "There is the third period ... in which I lived a correct, honorable family life" --
The porcelain doll --
An epic is born --
War and peace --
Creative interlude --
Anna Karenina --
The crisis --
Part IV: "And finally there is the fourth period ... in which I now live and hope to die ..." --
A new faith --
A Jeremiah in the family --
Just plain Leo Nikolayevich --
"Dark, dark people"! --
"Leave thy wife and follow me" --
Money is the root of all evil --
The famine --
The kingdom of God --
The death of Vanichka --
What is art? --
Soupe printanière and fugues --
Resurrection --
Excommunication --
Spirit versus matter --
War and revolution --
Life is beyond space and time --
The jubilee year --
Conspiracy --
Escape --
To seek, always to seek.

"Part I: "Innocent, joyous, poetic childhood" -- Princes, generals, and scoundrels -- Tubbed and swaddled -- The green sick -- "The desert of my boyhood" -- Part II: "In the service of ambition, vanity, and, above all, of lust" -- University years -- Man about town -- A cadett in the Caucasus -- My hero is truth -- Return of the hero -- The grand tour -- Literary crisis -- Europe once more -- Yasno-Polyana School -- A challenge to a duel -- Marriage -- Part III: "There is the third period ... in which I lived a correct, honorable family life" -- The porcelain doll -- An epic is born -- War and peace -- Creative interlude -- Anna Karenina -- The crisis -- Part IV: "And finally there is the fourth period ... in which I now live and hope to die ..." -- A new faith -- A Jeremiah in the family -- Just plain Leo Nikolayevich -- "Dark, dark people"! -- "Leave thy wife and follow me" -- Money is the root of all evil -- The famine -- The kingdom of God -- The death of Vanichka -- What is art? -- Soupe printanière and fugues -- Resurrection -- Excommunication -- Spirit versus matter -- War and revolution -- Life is beyond space and time -- The jubilee year -- Conspiracy -- Escape -- To seek, always to seek."@en